Frequently Asked Questions

Although they are not approved to help you quit smoking in the United States, most electronics have none of the tar and carcinogens associated with traditional tobacco cigarettes.

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2. Can electronic cigarettes be used to quit smoking?

Electronic cigarettes have not been approved as smoking cessation devices in the United States. However, most brands offer varying levels of nicotine cartridges all the way down to 0mg and so they have been used to quit smoking by a lot of people, including me.

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3. Can I smoke electronic cigarettes indoors?

Yes. Electronic cigarettes do not burn tobacco, so they can be smoked in areas where normal smoking bans are in place, like bars, restaurants, airplanes and offices. Electronic cigarettes produce an odorless water vapor that disappears within a few seconds.

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4. Do electronic cigarettes produce smoke?

No, they produce an odorless water vapor that disappears in a few seconds.

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5. Do they look like normal cigarettes?

For the most part, yes. Upon close inspection its obvious that they're not traditional cigarettes, but from a distance, they look very similar. Some brands even use a red LED on the tip of the cigarette that lights up when you inhale to simulate the glowing embers of a traditional cigarette. A number of brands use different color lights to more easily distinguish electronic cigarettes from real cigarettes - useful if you're smoking indoors and don't want to be bothered by people telling you to put out your cigarette.

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6. How big are electronic cigarettes?

Sizes vary by brand. Some brands are about the size of a standard smoke, while others are the size of 100s or 110s. Some brands are even larger. See the reviews for exact sizes and how they compare to traditional smokes.

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7. How do electronic cigarettes work?

Electronic cigarettes use an atomizer to create a simulated smoke when you inhale that is actually water vapor and nicotine.
There are three major parts that make up most electronic cigarettes.

The tip

Located where the filter is on a traditional smoke

Acts as a container for the nicotine and flavoring

Also acts as a container for the atomizer

The Atomizer

Located inside the tip

Responsible for vaporizing the nicotine

The Battery

Located where the tobacco is on a traditional smoke

Responsible for powering the atomizer

Other parts include a small battery charger and some brands include a case or a "pack" to store the cigarettes.

Here's a diagram of one brand's electronic cigarette (click to view full-size image):

Electronic Cigarette Diagram

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8. How much do they cost?

That varies by brand, but in general, they're cheaper than traditional cigarettes.
Most brands offer starter kits that contain everything you need to get started. Our favorite starter pack costs $44.99 and includes a 20ml bottle of ejuice (enough to last even a heaver vaper a week or more). For you math wize, at $5/pack and 2 packs a day, the kit will pay for itself in less than a week. After the starter pack you would purchase fluid and mouth pieces which would work out to $10 a week or less.

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9. How much nicotine is in electronic cigarettes.

You have a lot of choices here. You can order anything from high levels of nicotine if you're a heavy smoker to no nicotine at all if you're trying to quit and everything in between. See the reviews for exact nicotine amounts.

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10. What do they taste like?

Most brands offer a variety of flavors. Some of the most popular include: Tobacco, Menthol, Java, Vanilla and Cherry. If you're coming from smoking traditional cigarettes the tobacco or menthol flavors will give you an experience closest to what you're used to. Each brand's flavors are slightly different, however, so check out our electronic cigarette reviews to find out more about the flavor of each brand.

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11. Who can purchase electronic cigarettes?

Most retailers require that you be over 18 years of age because they do utilized liquid derived from the tobacco plant.

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12. Do electronic cigarettes cause cancer ?

Electronic Cigarettes DO NOT produce the smoke of traditional (analog) cigarettes, and thus do not produce the the carcinogens (substances which cause cancer).

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13. What caused my transaction to be denied?

The credit card verification process requires that the card holders name, state, zip, expiration and security code match what the credit card company has on file. The state and zip passed will be what is associated as the billing address for your dandmvapes.com account.

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14. Why do I see a charge on my credit/debit account for transactions that were denied?

For each attempt made to make an online payment, the bank will post an “authorization hold” to the credit/debit account for the amount attempting to be paid. This is not a final charge but rather a pending transaction.
The bank holds in reserve the amount of the transaction, until the bank receives a confirmation that the transaction was completed. If the transaction did not successfully complete, the bank continues to hold the reserve amount for a bank-determined waiting period. After the bank-determined waiting period passes with no confirmation having been received, then the bank will remove the authorization hold from the account.
For some banks, the authorization hold on the account stays in existence for a matter of hours, for other banks it is a matter of days. If our online payment screen says the transaction was denied, then the corresponding authorization hold(s) will eventually be removed from the account, by the bank.